Lot n° 160
Estimation :
120 - 150
EUR
CHIMOT (Édouard) & LOUYS (Pierre). Les Chansons secrètes - Lot 160
CHIMOT (Édouard) & LOUYS (Pierre). Les Chansons secrètes de Bilitis. sl, pour l'artiste et ses amis, 1933. In-4 ff. printed cover, in slipcase (broken).
Deluxe edition illustrated with 6 original etchings by Édouard Chimot.
Small limited edition of 106 copies on old Japon; no. 48 of 75 including a suite with remarks in black and the final proofs in color. With prospectus and an additional free plate in black.
""This volume, which is the indispensable complement to the Chansons de Bilitis illustrated by Édouard Chimot, contains the previously unpublished poems and the original full text of a number of the Chansons de Bilitis that Pierre Louys had to modify for the commercial edition of his masterpiece. Luxuriously presented, printed page by page in two colors by the printer Coulouma, embellished with reproductions of antique vases, this edition is adorned with six important original compositions by Édouard Chimot, to which an additional plate has been added. This edition is one of the engraver's finest works"". (Prospectus).
Expert : Madame Elvire POULAIN-MARQUIS
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